Saraqestan – The Civil war mod

Asymetrical warfare mod based on the Syrian and Iraqi civil wars, multiplayer compatible (with a Free for all mod).

Featuring 4 factions :

– Loyalists : Saraqestan Armed Forces (Syrian Arab Army ; SAA inspired)
Loyalist faction, has all the fire power available, including airstrikes and helicopters, heavy tanks, artillery, foreign support (Russian mercenaries from Wagner Group and Kadyrovites), but mediocre infantry as a whole.

– Rebels : Islamic Salvation Legion (Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham ; HTS inspired)
Good infantry, some armored vehicles, armed UAV (drones) and suicide vehicle, ATGMs, but a costly faction.

-Jihadist rebels : Al-Kilafah al-Islamiyah (Islamic State ; ISIS inspired)
Mediocre but very cheap infantry, access to a large range of vehicle, including tanks, armed UAV (drones) and suicide vehicle

-Western Coalition backed autonomist minorities : Revolutionnary Popular Front (Syrian Democratic Forces ; SDF inspired)
Good infantry, a few Western APCs, and Coalitition Specops and aistrikes. No heavy vehicles.

The mod also features a "Civil War" multiplayer mod, allowing you a Free-for-all experience where every faction fight for itself, forcing you to be even more ruthless, or more prone to a temporary cooperation with you opponents.

– New asymetrical maps for guerilla warfare
– New vehicles (drones, suicide vehicles, airstrikes)
– New skins (including random generated for a more diverse and realistic rebel army and burned textures)
– New sounds (including the voices the developpers never cared to implement)

The new maps are designed to handicap the first team, with a distant spawn and some obstacles. It is recommended to play the Saraqestan Armed Forces or any regular force if you choose the first team.

Credits to : Deftrack’s SAA mod for the Grad, and Red Rising mod from Men of War Assault Squad 2 for a bunch of models, vehicles and equipment

This mod, of course, is not intended to glorify any real life political, ethnical or religious organizations nor any resort to violence.

CHANGELOGS :

17.01.25

New Update :

NEW VEHICLES :

– T-54, with a flag for the Caliphate (avalaible for all factions)
– Hell cannon, a new rebel artillery, very deadly but extremely inaccurate and slow to reload, so very vulnerable to counter-battery
– Another vicious weapon for the insurgents factions : the RCIED, a remotely detonated explosive that can be carried by humans and vehicles alike (can be detonated manually via direct control, or by having it fire at a designated target).
It cannot be detected by the enemy but isn’t masked. Spoiler : it looks like a rock. For now, carried by the AT miners.

Also :

-A new proper model for the Qassam launcher
-A more coherent and specialized doctrine for each faction with easier access to armor for the SAF
-No more ammo on flag points for the custom map
– Drones can now be detected by the enemy, they will be targeted by Hmgun light vehicles exclusively. If you want to protect your artillery from it, get a ZPU car or truck.

WHAT’S COMING :

Some new insurgent models, bikes, and if I can clear enough time, some homemade tanks and a functionnal bulldozer

Rebel factions can now spawn small personnal hideouts, perfect to set ambushes if you know your position will be overrun;
-T-54 added
– Each faction is now more specialized : fire power army for the SAF, swarm type army for the IS, anti-armor type RPF and all-round for the ISL.

I expect to publish a small uptade for next month featuring :
– A new armored vehicle for insurgents factions : the BTR-D
– A much more efficient Javelin with a top attack flight, allowing you to strike vehicles with extreme precision from cover.
– A new feature for the insurgents factions : the tunnel. It allows specific units to dig a small personnal hideout. Once inside, you cannot be spotted, but cannot interact with the world either. Perfect to setup ambush. (It currently replaces the barbwire)
– The possibility to detonate RPG heads with either bullets or small explosions, allowing you to turn any RPG head into a potential much more efficient IED.